How the days of old were much better....

- By Double A

As we close out 2009, I start to think about how much the wrestling fans complained this year. Whether it was the story lines, the matches, or even frequency of things. There was a lot of bitching. There are even some people who complained how saturated wrestling is, especially with the WWE. This year, World Wrestling Entertainment added a 4th show to their line-up with WWE Superstars that airs on WGN America. Is that all? Just 4 shows? Granted, a good portion of the audience is younger then me. But I remember back when I was growing up and how wrestling was.

Between both the World Wrestling Federation and World Championship Wrestling, 8 shows aired on Saturday and Sunday. And every show was different with it's own matches. And even story lines were carried over on the shows. For example, if Ric Flair attacked Sting on WCW Pro-Wrestling which aired Saturday Mornings, Sting would get his revenge later that night on WCW Saturday Night.

While I know it was a different time, but how was it not saturated? Can somebody explain that to me? As a wrestling fan in the early 1990's, I was thrilled that I had all the different shows to watch. If you missed something let's say on WWF Wrestling Challenge, they would tell you about on WWF Superstars. Now and days, you miss WWE Monday Night RAW, and you won't know what happened until the following week. Yes I know you can check the internet. But the internet doesn't do the actual television show justice at all.

And what about the appearance? Sure today you have the flashy lights and loud pyrotechnics. But visually, the shows from the old days were much better on the ol' eyes. And what happened to rolling the credits at the end of a big event like a television special or pay-per-view?

For my taste, I say we need to take a chapter from the old days. Let's scale back on some of the flash. I mean does the entire entrance way have to be controlled by computers? Or are we too lazy to actually construct a physical set? Let's start doing interviews in the center of the ring or the very least at the foot of the entrance way. Enough of the backstage segments with the quick cuts following a match without a slow-mo replay. And for the love of God, let's focus on the in-ring action and have matches lasting more then just 3 minutes.

To quote WWE Hall of Famer, "Rowdy" Roddy Piper, "Old school cool!"